UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6

Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1976 finals tournament. Group 6 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Republic of Ireland, Turkey, and Switzerland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished one point above the Republic of Ireland.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	8	Advance to play-offs		—	2–1	3–0	4–1
2	Republic of Ireland	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	7			3–0	—	4–0	2–1
3	Turkey	6	2	2	2	5	10	−5	6			1–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Switzerland	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	3			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Matches

30 October 197415:00

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Soviet Union
Givens 22', 30', 70'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 31,758

Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

20 November 197420:00

Turkey	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Dunne(*) 54' (og)		Givens 61'

Atatürk Stadı, İzmir

Attendance: 69,999

Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

(*)NOTE: The first goal in others sources is also reported as an own goal by Mick Martin or Terry Conroy.

1 December 197400:00

Turkey	2–1	Switzerland
İsmail 21' O.Mehmet 85'		Schild 18'

Atatürk Stadı, İzmir

Attendance: 51,410

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

2 April 197519:00

Soviet Union	3–0	Turkey
Kolotov 25' (p), 56' (p) Blokhin 75'

Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 74,223

Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

30 April 197520:15

Switzerland	1–1	Turkey
Müller 43'		Alpaslan 54'

Hardturm Stadion(*), Zürich(*)

Attendance: 21,965

Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

(*)NOTE: Some sources state that the venue was St. Jakob-Park, Basle.

10 May 197515:30

Republic of Ireland	2–1	Switzerland
Martin 2' Treacy 28'		Müller 74'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 48,074

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

18 May 197519:30

Soviet Union	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Blokhin 13' Kolotov 29'		Hand 79'

Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 84,480

Referee: René Vigliani (France)

21 May 197520:00

Switzerland	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Elsener 75'

Wankdorf Stadion, Bern

Attendance: 12,793

Referee: César da Luz Diaz Correia (Portugal)

12 October 197515:00

Switzerland	0–1	Soviet Union
		Muntyan 78'

Hardturm Stadion, Zürich

Attendance: 17,887

Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

29 October 197515:00

Republic of Ireland	4–0	Turkey
Givens 26', 33', 38', 89'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

12 November 197519:00

Soviet Union	4–1	Switzerland
Konkov 13' Onishchenko 14', 68' Veremeyev 81'		Risi 45'

Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 24,581

Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

23 November 197515:00

Turkey	1–0	Soviet Union
Reshko(**) 22' (og)

Atatürk Stadı, İzmir

Attendance: 21,325 *

Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 45,000
(**)NOTE: The own goal scorer is also reported as Mikhail Fomenko.

Top goalscorer

• Don Givens (IRL) - 8 goals

References

• "1976 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• "European Championship 1976". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.